FDMSReading7 - Leadership and Legacy

United States History Topic Ideas

Broad or Common Topic	If you’re interested in…	Consider…
Colonization	Exploration and Settlement	North Dakota: Lewis and Clark Sakakawea Early Explorers Settlement of North Dakota Railroads in North Dakota Ranching in North Dakota Early Reservation Era
		Relationships with Indians The Sarcoxie Wars – 1837 (MO)
		Colonial Era Raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts – 1704 Louisiana Code Noir – 1724
American Revolution (1775-1783)	Military and Diplomatic History	General von Steuben at Valley Forge – 1778 (PA) George Washington – 1775 (VA) African-Americans in the Revolution – 1775
U.S. Constitution	Political Theories and Principles	Foundations in English Common Law Magna Carta – 1215 English Bill of Rights - 1689
		Pre-Consitution Mayflower Compact – 1620 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut – 1639 Connecticut Code of 1650 Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom - 1786
		Constitutional Convention Debates Three-Fifths Compromise - 1787 Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan-1787
Andrew Jackson	Constitutional Debate	National Bank - 1833 Nullification Crisis – 1832 (SC) Trail of Tears – 1830 Fort Gibson’s Role in the Trail of Tears (OK)
Antebellum	Debates over Slavery and Abolitionism	David Walker's Appeal for Universal Emancipation – 1829 (MA) Bleeding Kansas - 1854 Dred Scott v. Sanford – 1857 (MO) Charles Redmond and the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society– 1857
Civil War (1861-1865)	Military/War History	Tragedies and of War Andersonville Prison(GA) Elmira Prison(NY) Gettysburg – 1863 (PA) Civil War surgery
		North Dakota Civil War in North Dakota
		African American Involvement Camp Nelson (KY) 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment 1st Kansas Colored Infantry
Westward Territories and Expansion	Conflict	Mission San Gabriel Native American Revolt – 1785 (CA) The West Florida Revolt – 1810 (LA) Bloody Monday Riots– 1855 (KY) George A. Custer Pinkerton Detective Agency – 1875 Lew Carroll and the 1889 Land Run (OK)
Development of Industry and Worker’s Rights	Immigration, Labor, Civil rights, Industrial Accidents	Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire – 1911 (NY) Missouri Sharecroppers Protest of 1939 (MO) Point Honda Naval Disaster – 1923 (CA)
Dawn of the 20th Century		1904 World’s Fair and 1904 Summer Olympics (MO)
Women’s History Women’s History Continued	Suffrage AND Women’s Rights	Suffrage Alice Paul (NJ) Martha Griffiths and the Equal Rights Amendment Isabella Beecher Hooker and the Constitutional Rights of Women(NY, CT) Helena Hill Weed (CT) Woman Suffrage (ND) Virginia Minor, Missouri League of Women Voters (MO)
Women’s History Women’s History Continued	Suffrage AND Women’s Rights	Women’s Rights Emma Willard, Higher Education for Girls (NY) Clarina Howard Nichols (VT, KS) Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls – 1848 (NY) //Randolph v. Owasso Public Schools//- Title IX case (OK)
WWI	Arguments for and Against War	World War I in ND Kate Richards O’Hare and opposition to World War I (MO) Propaganda in World War I
Great Depression	Response to Depression	Okie Migrations and the Dust Bowl (OK) Hoover Dam (NV, AZ) New Deal
World War II	Military History	Comanche Code Talkers Aleutian Campaign(AK) Coast Guard in World War II //Kawakitga v United States// (CA) Jake McNiece and the “Filthy Thirteen” (OK) Lucius D. Clay (GA) Women at the Douglas Aircraft Plant (OK)
Technology History	Technological Innovation, Industry	The development of ENIAC at the University of Pennsylvania – 1946 The Transistor Garrison Dam (ND) and Natural Resources (ND) – 1950s History of velcro, Ziploc bags, zippers, duct tape, disposable razor National Weather Service Sylvan Goldman and the development of the shopping cart (OK)
Social History	Ethnic Conflict	Zoot Suit Riots – 1943 (CA) Bracero Program – 1942 (CA) Bob Fletcher, saved farms of interned Japanese-Americans (CA) German POWs at Camp Algona(IA)
Nuclear History	Manhattan Project	Enola Gay and Wendover Field (UT) Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, General Leslie Groves, Enrico Fermi, Hans Bethe, Neils Bohr Manhattan Project Innovations Spies/security at Los Alamos(NM) Oak Ridge Uranium Purification (TN)
Sports History	Integration of Baseball	Ben Chapman and the integration of the Philadelphia Phillies1947 - PA Larry Doby (OH) Cap Anson (IA) Pee Wee Reese (KY) A. B. “Happy” Chandler (KY)
Medicinal History	Polio Vaccine	Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) treatment in Louisiana Quarantine laws and the rights of patients HeLa Cells
History of Media	Rock ‘N’ Roll Revolution and Movie History	Alan Freed (OH) The Hollywood Ten (CA) //U.S. v Paramount Pictures// (CA) Screen Actors’ Guild (CA)
Integration and Civil Rights	Supreme Court Opinions, Segregation/Desegregation, The Great Society	Court Rulings //United States v. Cruikshank//– 1876 (LA) //Brown v. Board of Education// – 1954 (KS) //Penick v. Columbus Board of Education// – 1977 (OH) //Clay v. US//- 1971 Lemon Grove Incident (CA) //Sheff vs. O’Neil// (CT )
		Missouri Ernest Calloway (MO) Urban League of St. Louis (MO)
		Johnson and the Great Society Head Start - 1965 Great Society
Space Exploration	Neil Armstrong’s Walk on the Moon	NASA’s decision to launch the shuttle //Challenger//(FL) James A. Van Allen(IA)
Civil Rights	King’s I Have a Dream Speech	1923 Rosewood Massacre (FL) Medgar Evers Emmitt Till Edna Griffin (IA) Sammy Davis, Jr. and Segregation in Entertainment Industry Anne Braden (KY) Roscoe Dunjee and the Black Dispatch (OK) Clara Luper and the Katz Drugstore Sit-In (OK)
Environmental Movement	Silent Spring	International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (DC) Hetchy Hetchy (CA) John Muir and the Sierra Club (CA)

World History Topic Ideas

Broad or Common Topic	If you’re interested in…	Consider these ideas….
Greeks / Romans	How the Ancient World Connects to Today	Architecture of Washington, DC
Middle Ages		Legal Code of the Ottoman Turks The First Crusade Role of Bishops in Medieval Kingdoms
Renaissance / Reformation	History of Religion History of Law	John Calvin German Peasant’s Revolt (1524-1525) Magna Carta - 1215 Evolution of Common Law
Renaissance / Reformation	History of Religion History of Law
King Henry VIII / Queen Elizabeth I	History of Monarchies	Edward VIII’s abdication in 1936 War of Austrian Succession/ War of Spanish Succession Russian Revolution - 1917
French Revolution	Revolutionary Movements in History	German Revolution of 1848 Gordon Riots in Great Britain Russia’s February Revolution 1954 Coup d’Etat in Guatemala 1973 Coup d’Etat in Chile Daniel O’Connell and Catholic Emancipation in Ireland
Imperialism		Louis Mountbatten and the Partition of India and Pakistan Josiah Strong’s Interpretation of Social Darwinism Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
World War II	Japanese Imperialism in Asia	Sakhalin Koreans Comfort Women - sex slaves for the Japanese Military Flight of the Hog Wild
World War I		Total war Russian Civil War Herbert Hoover and the Belgian Relief Program
Rise of Hitler / Mussolini	Ideologies of World War II	Mussolini’s Drive for a New Roman Empire Beer Hall Putsch Terror Famine in the Ukraine
World War II	Allied Military Operations	Operation Torch, the Allied Invasion of North Africa Operation Overlord, Allied Invasion of Normandy
Mao and the Chinese revolution	Social Impact of Cultural Revolution	Overseas Chinese who returned to China following Mao’s Revolution Impact of the Cultural Revolution in China
Cold War	Berlin Wall	Berlin Airlift The USSR and the Prague Spring
Cuban Revolution	Children’s History	Operation Peter Pan
Deng Xiaoping’s Opening of China	Ideology	French Influence on Deng Xiaoping’s Ideology

Military History Topic Ideas

Field of Interest	Resource/Topic	Author
Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire	//Commentarii de Bello Civili// (Commentaries on the Civil War)	Julius Caesar (circa 40 BCE)
Ancient Military History	//Jami' al-tawarikh// (Compendium of Chronicles)	Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (circa 1300)
The Crusades	The Life of Saladin	Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (circa 1230 CE)
The Mongol Invasions	//The Secret History of the Mongols//	Unknown (circa 1227)
Leadership Theory	//The Prince//	Niccolo Machiavelli (1532)
Military Theory	//The Art of War//	Sun Tzu (circa 500 BCE)
Leadership	FM 22-5 Leadership	U.S. Army Publication, various editions
Leadership Principles/Chinese Revolution	Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong	Mao Zedong (1964)
Vietnam War	Various Writings	Ho Chi Minh
Artic Exploration	//Report On The Proceedings Of The United States Expedition To Lady Franklin Bay//	Lieutenant General Adolphus Greely (1888)
African-American History	Brigadier General Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. (1st African-American General) Collection @ the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA	Brigadier General Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. and various authors.
Women’s History	Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays (1st Female General)	Various
Technology	History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps	Various
Disasters	History of U.S. Army Disaster Relief (San Francisco Earthquake, Haiti Hurricane Relief)
Law and Justice	The Nuremburg Trials	Various (see Dodd Center)
Religion	Military Chaplains
Medicine	Yellow Fever/Dr. Walter Reed
International Politics	General John Pershing (WW I)
International Politics	General Dwight Eisenhower (WW II)	Eisenhower Nat’l Historic Site
Famous Generals	Douglas MacArthur
Famous Generals	George Patton
Famous Generals	Omar Bradley
Famous Generals	Charles de Gaulle

Military History Images Available for Public Use	Army Heritage Center Foundation’s Collections:
	Civil War Photo Gallery 1 (People)
	Gettysburg Campaign Photo Gallery
	World War I Photo Gallery
	World War II Photo Gallery
	Korean War Photo Gallery
	8th Ranger Company (Airborne) Photo Gallery (Korean War)
	Vietnam War Photo Gallery
	Desert Storm Photo Gallery
	Propaganda
	Propaganda 2

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